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  1. Pete

    What do you drive?

    Citroen CX Prestige (s1 '83/83 long wheelbase saloon) Yamaha FZ6-N 05 Plate
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    PistonHeads.com: Citroen Supercar To Tackle The Ring

    First ever supercar my arse, they forgetting about the SM?
  3. Pete

    How did you find the Micra Sports Club?

    I found it a million years ago through a search engine. I can't remember if it was google or one of the others that was kicking about at the time.
  4. Pete

    Can someone explain this to me, please?

    As robert said fully comp does not entitle you to drive any other vehicle... only some insurance companies offer that any more. Never trust 100% what you read on the net but if the text you've given above comes under the heading Persons entitled to drive then it (I think) reads as your dad may...
  5. Pete

    RAF here i come :)

    you'll be able to work with dogs as a snowdrop as well!
  6. Pete

    RAF here i come :)

    Fair enough, one of the things I would condsider doing (if I was made redundant from day job) would be to join as snowdrop or force protection. Honestly admire what you're doing
  7. Pete

    RAF here i come :)

    Fantastic! good luck airman! Sgt Pete :D
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    nissan import march tailgate with nipples

    I just always referred to them as the t word rather than nipples. Certainly when we modified K10 boots and brought the numberplate lights inboard to emulate the K10 march they were called by the t word rather than nipple. Contributes little to the sale but cheered me up a little, life is too...
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    nissan import march tailgate with nipples

    I think you mean ### not nipple.
  10. Pete

    Older drivers are stupid

    Could he have been foreign? Other EU countries have different rules regarding roundabouts. But yes people are so unobservant when it comes to driving it's scary. The number of times I've been following people and we've come to a halt at a roundabout when its clear is rediculous. With idiots...
  11. Pete

    Hypermiling a K10

    I certainly wouldn't get into one but thats another issue. I've never driven one so I wouldn't know what they are like but it's not a case of riding it's clutch if it doesn't have one.
  12. Pete

    Hypermiling a K10

    Thats because of the change of engine speeds being so extreme. Heres a handy article I googled... http://www.studydriving.com/safety-on-the-road/why-coasting-is-bad/ There are very few pure electric cars out there... Most at this point are hybrids, most of which have a harvesting system.
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    Hypermiling a K10

    Not really, the decelaration still throws the cars weight forward and onto the front wheels which do the bulk of the braking (in my car the rear brakes don't do anything unless there is weight on the back end - weird hydraulics)... Yes diesels and petrols have different levels of engine braking...
  14. Pete

    Hypermiling a K10

    Well you can use your brakes as well as having the engine braking. An extreme example would be descending a large hill, put it in a low gear and use the brakes as well, or in an emergency stop (DO NOT TOUCH THE CLUTCH UNTIL YOU'VE ALMOST STOPPED)... I remember one of my M/Cycle tutors telling me...
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    Hypermiling a K10

    But you use your engine as a tool, drive at a suitable speed in a suitable gear for that speed which provides you with the means to accelarate or decelarate. If you're not then you are not in control of that vehicle. It's not only how I was taught to drive a police car but I understand you'd...
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    Hypermiling a K10

    Oh yes... well I'll try explain. When the clutch is up you have accelaration and braking. When you clutch is down you have neither. Yes you could hop on the brake but until you hit the brake you have no way of slowing down. Driving along normally on the throttle, clutch up in gear... see...
  17. Pete

    Paint mix service - Halfords

    Hello, grumpy sod here. I used to mix paints at Halfords and did it very well thank you :P Yes they can do matt colours, I did a whole car (2cv) in Renault "Vert Armee" once. The mix tins are much better than the pre-mix ones as you get a nice fan of paint rather than the splodge of the...
  18. Pete

    PistonHeads.com: Classic Volvo Gets 21st Century Update

    the quality of those renderings is fantastic! the car looks fantastic too...
  19. Pete

    My 1995 k11 starts to vibrate around 75mph!! why?

    rather obviously... if you feel the shame through the steering wheel it'll be one of the front wheels. You'd know about it if a CV was on it's way out. Our 205 had an inner CV go, everytime you pulled away it'd thud loudly.
  20. Pete

    Mirca C+C Photo Shoot

    Like pic two, think it'd have suited a K10 better though.
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